Rakim is regarded by generations of rap fans as The God MC. But we may need to start referring to him as The God MC / Producer. Sitting in his studio on a sunny July afternoon, he tells Rolling Stone ...

The rap icon becomes the latest inductee, following luminaries such as Roxanne Shanté, Kid ’n Play, Edo G., the Floor Lords, ...

EXCLUSIVE: The org held its third Hip Hop Grandmaster Awards on Saturday night (October 18) at the Bellagio's Tower Ballroom ...

ScHoolboy Q’s face, usually youthful and serene, was suddenly lined with irritation. The L.A. rapper was a guest on Lil Yachty’s podcast A Safe Place back in March, sharing light-hearted conversations ...

Lazarus and Rakim’s “Not to Be Defined” bridges generations of hip-hop with sharp lyricism and timeless energy.

It’s the day before Rakim Al-Jabbaar’s seventh studio album, FM4840: Loyal to the Soil, is released on May 20, and he’s reminiscing about how his hometown, Duncanville-a suburb southwest of ...

That was until the arrival of Cypress Hill, and their game-changing 1993 hit Insane In The Brain - a song that bridged the ...

New music is being ushered into the weekend. This week, a Bronx rhymer delivers her first studio album, a Grammy-winning beatmaker crafts a soulful-leaning project and one of rap's G.O.A.T.s drops his ...

Do Music Reviews Even Matter Anymore? From one-listen reviews to polarizing scores, music criticism has traded patience for speed, leaving artists and audiences wondering how music is even measured ...

Serial entrepreneur and former recording artist Victor D. Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new company, in partnership with RAKIM, one of hip-hop’s most influential ...